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parliament votes on key parts of a government plan to overhaul the judiciary. despite the public. i'm reading and the risk pose, but on sufficient intelligence the you adults draft who's demanding greater transparency and accountability, the hello there. we begin. increase swear, at least 78. people have drowned off the southern coast and wants to become one of you ups, worst migrant bolt sang kings, hundreds more people i fear dead. there are estimates that up to 750 people will onboard the fishing best when it sang high winds of complicated the rescue operation force challenge against our coverage is unfamiliar. how many people who are on official invites when it capsized and sank. invoices of greece is southern coast. these were the survivors arriving at the posts of kind of monitor independent,

been ease. some were strong enough to block off the ship to dry land. others couldn't make it down the gangplank. might be in the mail to you got this, assume you have these putting up as it is indeed a tragic situation. very difficult situation with a very large number of shipwrecked people, a number that i think we've not faced in the past. i'm. i'm afraid that the number of victims will be high because the very many more people on board then should be allowed for this but, and it's believed the over crowded fishing boat was on its way from to brook and libya to italy. degree coast guard said its post office of help repeatedly rejected as the hundreds of refugees and migrants on board wanted to reach attend invoices to the is often the preferred destination. of the greeks toughen surveillance. that is migrant camps. it was in the as of wednesday morning that the boat capsized at a search and rescue operation began. i bought do a lot of the magickal music. we have transferred full people from the airport to a bull taped by helicopter, attempted by evidences to the hospital with

a mild heart. the family regarding the hub, surf always chance with 13 people. thankfully, no one in a critical condition. must a greek shipping ministry official said, most of the men were from egypt, syria unpackaged on. they've been taken to a warehouse to recover increases president's catherine, a 2nd letter of hulu, came to visit them. their 1st meeting, local officials, the you and says about a 1000 people have died or gone missing in the mediterranean this year. and this latest is the deadliest chip rack of grease in 2023. and among the worst in europe will reach headings. houses here. well, that's what we mentioned. the officials say the boat and bought from to brook and libya was aiming to get to the italian coast office of help from the breed coast guard for refused. john selfless, filed this report from col a month to increase the at the moment the coast guard tells me the rest of the operation is ongoing and will be throughout the night. there's one coast guard

patrol vessel out at the scene of where the of the libyan fishing trula sank. 47 north cool miles south west of where i'm standing on the west coast of the penalties. and there are also 6 merchant ships in the area. also searching for survivors, but as of half an hour ago, when i spoke to the operation center, i was told that there were no survivors who were on board those ships. i was just see at the moment. so it is very much up in the web. it will have any improvements on the number of 104 survivors. that's just the official number being given by the coast code. 70 roughly of those people in the warehouse with floodlights behind me and a couple of dozen more hospitalized in the broader area around color matter where i'm standing. so it's,

it's one of those situations where the search and rescue is open ended. there's, there's no estimates of when it's going to stop, i'm sure it's going to be going into the morning hours because there's always hope that with the don't light, somebody might be sponsor that haven't been during the night. but it also appears that this thinking happens. so quickly of the captain of the coast guard vessel who watched it happened and said that within 10 or 15 minutes, the boat was gone. that it is, uh, it is possible that the many, many people who were on that boat didn't make it off for sedans, power, military rapids, support forces have killed the governor of west star for state earlier. homeless of a cost spoke to local media from the regions capital l janina, calling for international intervention in describing the situation in the city as quote, a genocide gunfire and artillery could be heard in the background. the area seen some of the very worst finances. the war started in april, hipaa,

me oregon has more and i from on, dorman, as the governor of west are for some use of but it was the head of sedan calibration movement, an army, one of the rebel groups that signed a peace agreement with the cities government in 2020, after which, who was appointed as governor of west are for no hours before the use of his feelings started circulating on wednesday. he gave me the statements to describe the situation on the ground. specifically in the city of tanina as genocide. this with the news army has accused the rapids support forces of being behind the killing of the governor. now, many people have fled from, from the city of jeanine into neighboring tad, and they accused arab malicious allies to the rapids support forces of targeting people based on their estimates. cities in the city of janina, the governor himself was from the mythology to try the tribe, which survivors accused the arab, the militias of targeting. at least a 1000 people have been killed. simple thoughts of the violence in mid april and thousands of others have been injured, but due to lack of access to health facilities,

doctors say that they were not able to reach those who have been entered. many people say that the humanitarian situation continues to be tell your rate in west star for a slice and continues between arab malicious and may end a few from the most highly tried. now, survivors also accuse this is denise army of not acting to protect them. they say that the army has been buried, keep it in their barracks, since the size of the arab melissa is targeting people from the most solid strive and have called in the international community to respond to the crisis that is unfolding and us that are for specifically engineering now keep them oregon onto 0 . undermine for you and secretary general and tony of the terrace has said that he's a poem by reports of violence in west and are for janina. the capital of west stock for has seen some of the worst violence, has some estimates of up to 15000 people killed since mid april, as a bus driver report from andre neighboring chad. long running aspect divisions have only deepened for some sudanese refugees in camps in chad,

fear is turning to anchor, eager to talk about the injustices they are facing. many are unable to speak without crime. most mine was separated from his family when fighting broke out in old janina and west r for he searched for weeks before crossing the border. people home out of the engine and now they are running short on every side. they are not that has no food . no medicine that has nothing has to go. there is nothing else to go to, to work to get water. i want to spend my money to help those people to last a hand and a previous conflict and says if he doesn't find his family, he will do the unthinkable hunter and go back with the streets lined with the dead to risk meeting the same fate loud this territory, the government says, is now under militia control, that a lot of those who have worked into are for, for decades, blame political neglect, a collapse of state authority,

and previous governments who armed certain communities for their own political gain . the war and cartoon is a classic battle between 2 rival forces in a struggle for power in the 4 and especially in ocean. and it is much more excess central between communities. it goes to the struggle for land, for water, the use of natural resources, precious metals, and min minerals, refugee, c, o janina is the worst place in the world. would you give us a rough month? is an african muscling leader. he says the city is home to dozens of tribes, but one is being single down and persecuted if you're seeing cartoon out of say, a 5 yourself. but in a junior and i say 5 dentist most studied on black people. daily, who knows more than 50 people daily daily,

the jeep says he will return to defend his hometown for di trying on street level, it is obvious that more and more people are arriving from to don on a daily basis directly to use the say. while it is true that the militias are targeting one specific tribe at the moment, the violence is so widespread, it is affecting everybody. un calls for a ceasefire. have been drowned down for the sounds of war. a groups worry the ongoing violence could spread across the reach. the muscle leads worn. if the militias are not stopped, other tribes could be targeted next. zane bus route the o g 0 audrey eastern track. the crisis in sudan has driven the number of forcibly displaced people in the world to a new record. the united nations refugee agency says a 110000000 people globally have been forced from their homes. diplomatic edison

james base has more, as this is global trends report from you and hcr makes for so bring reading. it shows for the 1st time ever, the number of people around the world forcibly displaced has gone over a 100000000. in fact, to the end of 2022, the figures stood at 108400000 holes. as a high commissioner for refugees says, the figure now is gone up to over a 110000000. and that extra increase is because of the crisis into don. and he says the thing is that and saddam could still go higher unfortunately. so then you stop over and more people will leave the country. how many i don't know. and i think that we have planning sticker of about 10000000 people have in 6 months or so. so we are now almost halfway through when we, when we issued that figure of 1000000, i thought it was maybe too much. now i'm thinking maybe it's too little. the high

commissioner said he was particularly concerned about the lack of funding for the crisis in suit. um the humanitarian response plan currently is on the funding that 16 percent. and that's why next week for you and we'll be having a touching conference trying to persuade countries around the world to give more money to the un self directions. james space, which is 0 at the united nations, the easiest part them and has voted on the key part of prime minister benjamin netanyahu has proposed judicial overall and peace elective not position member to a key panel that appoints judges. they rejected the candidate from netanyahu's only could policy the proposed law so spark months of nationwide protest changes include giving the governing coalition more power to choose supreme court judges. the marks has been following the vote in west through some one of the key elements of the

judicial oval, whole. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu had been proposing for the last few months, involved the ability of the government to decide who should sit on a key committee that would decide judicial nominees for quotes, including israel, supreme court, the test today, a key test in this vote inside the connection, it was whether the government would be able to push through to have its own candidates to sit on that committee despite weeks of compromise, told for the opposition in which the opposition and hope that would not be the case . the consequences of the vote today were profound. it was a significant win for the opposition because one of the candidates has been now selected 30th through with a narrow majority to sit on that committee. where was the only remaining candidate from that it could party. all prime is nothing you all who was heavily voted against meeting that will be a 2nd vote 30 days from now to decide which of the account that it can sit on that key committee. a big important day for the is radio position though, because the possibility the government would have greatest way of

a supreme court nominees with vacancies in the months ahead. now significantly diminished the months out as era west jerusalem. the use is one step closer to having the wells 1st law, regulating artificial intelligence. it aims to ensure that a system is a safe and ethical and the tech companies comply with foods. joshua butler reports from strasburg with the european parliament voted to approve the i act. so we'd vote all to official intelligence is rapidly changing all lives, which is why you know makers say regulation is a central food thing and stressful m e p is approved in a i. bill. the once rectified by member states could become a landmark little by 2025, and it is adopted from destination. it took how many hours days and nights it was didn't take for the hard work. and for having found a balanced and human centered approach to to the was 1st a,

i act legislation that's with no doubt be setting the globe is funded for us to come in the say a i can be a force for good in everything from point in climate change to education, if the systems are safe and ethical onto the proposed low that'd be categorized according to risk, the high, the risk. so more rules, but systems deem to pose unacceptable. risks or co tail freedoms will be banned, including facial recognition in real time, in public places. companies breaking the rules could be investigated on face penalties. might be situations where there will be infringements that companies would not be either providing the necessary information, or they would simply be the applications infringing, the rules under the text. and that's when the penalties could apply. and they range from taking the product off the market for here we think certifications from the market. all the way to find is that can go to to 70 percent of the revenue. that is big because a i is developing some thoughts that has been challenging for you,

policy makers to try and find the balance between protecting people's rights, but continuing to support tech innovation. too much regulation in the uses this take on tripping to infringe government advisor could lead to an a brain drain. the risk of regulating too much just to seal the 2 players. moving to the us, for instance, and it's a big risk. i can tell you that i've spoken to a few teams the most have been so the in friends. and they're really considering that to the lowest a strong that they would move out of europe. who's against it's taken use, you know, make, has to produce the a light bill box with technology advancing so quickly. no one can really predict if it will still be relevant by the time it's expected to come into force. it's actually butler. i'll just say era, stressful. coming up on l g 0 vs federal reserve holds off hiking interest res, despite installation words, and thousands gathering blinds. the funeral

a form italian prime minister, silvio berlusconi. the head of the australia has seen a record rooms at the stock of windsor gate across the southern central areas. not temperature is coming down over the next few days. thanks for the series of cold front. sweeping their way from west to the east, but across the no that's sitting above the average a lot. so calm and settled whether to be found here. but does that? what's the weather starting to creep into that southeast corner more in the way of showers, moving into victoria and has menu was blustery when the conditions. 19 degrees however, is sidney. those day 3 to friday, we'll see the temperature start to come down and puts some of that rain rolling in

on friday. but if we have a look at the 3 day, they'll be some improvement by sat today, 17 degrees celsius. so a bit of a cooler feel, and we've had some chilly stops in the morning in new zealand, but allows me settled and sunny picture on thursday for the softball. and that's the head of that round of rain that stopped rolling into friday, particularly affecting western parts of the south island. but oakland is set to see that rain through to next week. and as we move to southeast asia, the rain scene continues. we're seeing some heavy bus of rain across borneo as well as the philippines with a monsoon trough continuing to throw rain, much of indo china. that's who weather update. the in february, 2023. a $149.00 carriage freight train traveling through east palestinian ohio searching 8 cause the rate of 11 we're carrying hazardous materials. one of them is the most toxic chemical ever test in the united states. it was terrified,

blanketing our communities, photons, investigate safety practices within america's railroad industry. time is money. money is everything. the room on the jersey to the top stories here announced a be 70 people dry and off the southern greek coast. when a microphone sang, some estimates that there was 750 people on board the fishing vessel. it's for you, it's a total could actually be in the hundreds. israel's parliament has voted on a coupon of 5 minutes to benjamin netanyahu, who's propose judicial overall. and peace elected and opposition member to

a key panel for the points of justice. they rejected the candidates from netanyahu's own la could be you has moved one step closer to having the world's 1st law or regulation, an artificial intelligence names to ensure a system safe and ethical $110.00 companies comply with the u. s. federal reserve has left interest rates on hold. it's the 1st pulse after raising rates 10 times since march last year. the central bank has been trying to bring down inflation in the world's largest economy with i'm sparking a recession. inflation has slowed and recent months, but it's still a long term target sizes. you'll castro has moved from i've signed the federal reserve in washington dc. it takes a death hand to steer the jug or not, that is the u. s. economy and the central bank does not want to risk an over correction when momentum is already pushing in the correct direction. here is federal reserve chairman jerome powell, in light of how far we've come and tightening policy,

the on certain legs with which monetary policy affects the economy and potential headwinds from credit tightening. today we decided to leave our policy interest rate on change and to continue to reduce our security as holdings. looking ahead, nearly all committee participants view it as likely that some further rate increases will be appropriate this year to bring inflation down to 2 percent over time. the latest inflation numbers from the united states shows it is on the decline for percent inflation in the month of may, which is a significant improvement over the peak of 9 percent. however, the central bank believe at a healthy economy at its peak has just a 2 percent inflation rate. so we're still far over that target. does the believe that at least one more interest rate is in store for the future? what does that mean to the average american consumer? well, it is still more expensive to take out new loans on things like cars, homes, and one studies. and so, while this decision to have those interest rates remain constant for now is

a welcome choice by many american consumers, there is still more room for that to push higher in the near future despite the welcome signs that the u. s. economy is again, going in the correct direction. heidi jo, castro, alger 0, washington agencies and the government, the eastern democratic republic of congo are struggling to keep people safe because of continuing level attacks. and the latest attack account for this phase people in the 2 republicans was burned, killing 57 people, nearly half of them were children. catherine, so it has more some of the many who fled fighting between on, on the group called m. 23 and the national on in norfolk people province, nearly 1000000 congress. these here have been forced from their homes during the last. yeah. a dan leaving ross and con scott stood around the provisional copy to goma. an invoice to roman catholic pope francis visited the largest comp,

preaching peace and hope they know me. they mean your, me, in the name of the millions of forest migrants and re few g st. move in various parts of the world. we appeal to the goodwill of the people and especially to those who had the position of a pharmacy in the country and in the international willed to build peace. people here fear for their lives. so now go back then we are really scared because we have close to the doing the pop on the know that the mt industry hide in the event. we have had that some bread bugs, they need to reach felton's healthcare, to cbd. as you know, we don't peter protected in the latest, the talk in utility province rebels for my alliance of militia, called the call per se for the development of congress or put dental. i reported to help fund a comp and killed more than 50 people, including children. today,

of course says it's protecting the lender community from another ethnic group called hema as well as the congress. these ami to the united nations saves a 100 and see the civilians have been called in this region and the last 2 weeks and those the eastern, the congo has seen decades of conflict with more than a 120 on groups, including m $53.00 and clinical fighting for lunch and full control of bust and natural resources including goals, diamonds, and cobalt mines. but people are caught in the crossfire. more than 6000000 kimberly's are displaced, their relatives killed homes and properties destroyed and lives disrupted with no apparent and insights. catherine saw you all to 0 the head of the you and you k of or so because postpone to strip to the russian controls operation new powers,

time in ukraine, due to safety concerns, raphael goals, who is expected to assess the site following the breach of the nova cope cut down, which provides cooling well for, for the plant. he won, the facility could be caught, and ukraine's canter offensive to retake russian occupied territory by the safety of the time has been a concern since russian forces seized it more than a can you or go don't? how has more not from keith's or not. so we understand that trip is being postponed, possibly only for a matter of hours because of travel safety concerns. the plant is a co situated in the upper easy region in a territory controlled by russia. since the early stages of the war, it's very close to the front lines. and so there will be concerns about getting there. it's not the 1st time though that they've been concerns about it. safety and security because of fighting that is often taking place nearby. but the most recent events that exacerbates those concerns is the breaching of the cutoff. cut them at what worries about water supply, but also about the integrity of that cooling reservoir. lead mr. girl 6 to one. to

go see the dangers he said for himself, he has a permanent team base there and he told a press conference on tuesday. the, the latest situation was a step in the wrong direction. ukraine says at least 3 people were killed in a russian missile strike on the port city of a desa. it's the 2nd straight day of attacks on ukrainian cities. the regional administration says for themselves, for 5 from a ship in the black sea. 3 victims were working at a warehouse of business center and shops, and the residential complaints were also damaged. they are, they are russian air strikes on the city of could you give me, killed enough and peaceful to germany has from his long term support to ukraine and it's back to was russia and it's on veiling is 1st national security strategy. chancellor. org show says his country is ready to assume a global responsibility. germany says this new national security strategy will meet growing nuclear risks and credible the tyrants. phone systems come for us,

it is quite clear that it is not a matter of somehow freezing the war and legitimizing the russian, right? the, as some people sometimes demand the russian war against you crying is connected with a turning point because the understanding in europe is that the boat is, will not be moved by force and recognisably, the russian president. once the antics part of his neighborhood, we will support your crime as long as it is necessary and we would not accept any dictated pace. russia must withdraw its troops. sue, a secretary of state and new blinking is confirmed. he will be travelling to beijing on friday to discuss maintaining open communication. despite tensions between both countries will be the 1st such visit by washington's top to come out in 5 years. china is born minutes to clean gang has won the us to stop messing in its affairs. thousands of mourners were in midland for the funeral of former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi. the ty couldn't turn politician headed, 3 coalition governments between 199420115 the school. and it was known for his

personality and wealth as well as his political and personal scandals. sonya angel ports in just as in life, he was a monster of ceremony and disruption. his presence drawing crowds outside the cathedral of the line to see that made him and with his rise to the top funds of ac milan, the football team he once owned, gave the final good by the final glimpse of the mind became an unshakable fools and a tiny in politics, we making it in his own image, a soul for some of inspiration to others. instantly. even the national day of mourning declared in his own of the state funeral was so many too much of a tribute for leda, known for his russ style and sleazy scandals. but for his support is

a fitting tribute to the mine known as a cover. yet the night bundle, normal and pitch shown on you, what a man is a character. he's always on stage. he has stands and detractors. he has people cheering for him and people hating him, silvio berlusconi was certainly a politician. he was certainly a business man. he was certainly a character to the 4 of celebrity on his departure leaves behind to another struggle that to the survival of his policy foresight talia. one of the parties that make up each of these coalition government, one that the prime minister, georgia maloney depends on for the survival of health premier ship. 0 is controversy, bedroom scone managed to unite each of these rights when parties and facilitated the rise of bologna. bought in recent times, he was increasingly at ulta without better scone. the government finds itself in a fragile position. maloney need 17 senators from for the patio to consolidate.

coalition governments majority key to maintaining support. really bad news. going his daughter medina, to overseas his business empire, as well as the late to lead his girlfriend, martha, sheena, himself, a senior member of fort, see talia in the lower house for a sick time. his prospects will depend on these 3 women. they and the policy support has, will be key to whether bed new stories, political legacy is able to survive and to the future. so do you guys go, i'll just, sarah. the quick reminder of our top story set, the 17 people drummed off the southern green coast. when am i going both sang. some estimates that there were $750.00 people on board the fishing best, so it's weird. the tool could actually be in the hundreds. i'm one of your ups worse migrant boats in k.